Kenyon won’t back Uefa super league

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PETER KENYON, the Chelsea chief executive, dealt another blow last week to Malcolm Glazer, the American billionaire trying to buy Manchester United. Kenyon, formerly chief executive of United, has declared for the first time that he is not in favour of a breakaway “super league” involving the top football clubs in Europe. “I do not see it and wouldn’t support it,” he said at the Soccerex forum in London.

Some observers of the protracted United takeover bid have speculated that the real reason for Glazer’s interest in owning the club is the potential value of its media rights within a